Dr. Frederic (Ric) Martini received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in comparative and functional anatomy. His publications include journal articles, technical reports, magazine articles, and a book for naturalists about the biology and geology of tropical islands. He is the co-author of six other undergraduate texts on anatomy or anatomy & physiology. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Hawaii and remains affiliated with the Shoals Marine Laboratory, a joint venture between Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Martini is a member of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, the American Physiological Society, and the American Association of Anatomists. He is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the Society for College Science Teachers, the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, the Western Society of Naturalists, and the International Society of Vertebrate Morphologists.
Timmons received his degrees from Loyola University, Chicago. For more than 30 years he has had a strong commitment to teaching human anatomy and physiology to nursing and preprofessional students at Moraine Valley Community College.
Tallitsch received his PhD in physiology with an anatomy minor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison at age 24. Since then he has been on the biology faculty at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.